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SONIA GALLEGO
ABC News Reporter
Sonia Gallego is an ABC News reporter based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In this role she contributes on- and off-air reporting to all ABC News broadcasts, ABC News Radio and ABC NewsOne, the network’s affiliate news service, and also regularly files for ABC News’ digital platforms, including ABCNEWS.com, ABC News Now and ABC News’ webcasts.
Gallego joined ABC News’ London Bureau in 1999 as a production associate for “World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America.”
She has covered a number of major international stories, including the Madrid train bombings, the funeral of Pope John Paul II and the subsequent election of Pope Benedict XVI. Over the past year and a half, Gallego has made several trips to Iraq, covering the war as a field producer and contributing on-air reports from Baghdad. Her most recent trip included reporting on the surge of U.S. forces. During last year’s Israeli-Lebanese war, Gallego worked on location throughout Israel and Gaza, reporting and producing for ABC News’ broadcasts and platforms.
Gallego also spent time in Uganda as a cameraman and producer, reporting on aid and development work in the country.
Before joining ABC News, Gallego was a script producer at the WTN News agency and a production associate at CBS News and CNN en Español in London. Earlier in her career, she worked as a reporter and producer for various radio stations in the UK.
Gallego attended Goldsmiths College at the University of London, where she studied English Literature and History. She also studied Italian Literature and Language at the University of Pisa in Italy. She is fluent in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and French.
Over the years, Gallego has spent time travelling throughout Brazil, working on short films.